Abstract:

Access of the persons with disabilities to services provided by the Internet is an important aspect of everyday existence of these people with special needs. In the particular case of blind people, the Internet offers unprecedented opportunities for an independent living, the fundamental challenge for any disabled person. In this paper we present some aspects of Internet accessibility via Text-To-Speech (TTS) technology, from a benefits-costs perspective. This assistive technology transforms into speech the texts gathered from accessing of web and email services of the Internet.